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| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
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|---|
| 1%
| dexvert
| Debian floppy split (archive/debianFloppySplit)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Sound Images sound sample (audio/soundImagesSoundSample)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| STarKos tune (music/sTarKosTune)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| DESI-III drawing (image/desiIIIDrawing)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| MS-DOS PMODE extender executable (executable/msdosPMODEExtenderExecutable)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Alien Trilogytextures (other/alienTrilogyTextures)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| APT cache data (other/aptCacheData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Cakewalk Groove (other/cakewalkGroove)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Comic Book Creator Background (other/comicBookCreatorBackground)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Comic Book Creator shape Table (other/comicBookCreatorShapeTable)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| CorelTRACE configuration (other/corelTRACEConfiguration)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Dreamcast Disc (other/dreamcastDisc)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| EST flat binary (other/estFlatBinary)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Finale Enigma Binary Format (other/finaleEnigmaBinaryFormat)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Sega Genesis/Megadrive/32x ROM (other/genesisROM)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Myth: The Fallen Lords game archive (other/mythTheFallenLordsGameArchive)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Sega Saturn ROM (other/segaSaturnROM)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Sound Images Sound Driver (other/soundImagesSoundDriver)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Symantec/Norton Config (other/symantecNortonConfig)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Vectrex ROM (other/vectrexROM)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| BIS raP encoded format (other/bisraPEncoded)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Linksys RT31P2-NA firmware (other/linksysRT31P2NAFirmware)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Pascal Script binary (other/pascalScriptBinary)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| 7th Level game data archive (other/seventhLevelGameDataArchive)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| TP-Link router firmware (other/tpLinkRouterFirmware)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Binary Text (image/binaryText)
| fallback
| Supported |
| 100%
| file
| data
| default
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| 100%
| TrID
| ISIS sketch
| default (weak)
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